[vc_row el_class=”inner-body-content” css=”.vc_custom_1667202802436{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Pre-requisite(s)” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20px|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1667202792731{margin-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]None[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Recommended Book(s)” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20px|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Principles Of Highway Engineering And Traffic Analysis Fred L. M., Scott S. W., Walter P. K., Wiley 4th Edition[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Reference Book(s)” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20px|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Highway Traffic Analysis And Design Salter R. J. 3rd Edition
Transportation Engineering Introduction To Planning, Design And Operations, Jason C. Y. Elsevier Science Ltd[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”COURSE OBJECTIVES” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]1. To equip students with knowledge related to road system, highway engineering and traffic engineering.
2. To equip students with knowledge related to highway design (geometric and pavement design) manually and using software.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLO)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]CLO:1 Have knowledge about to road system, highway and traffic engineering.
CLO:2 Be able to perform geometric and pavement design.
CLO:3 Have sufficient knowledge about use of software for geometric and pavement design.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”COURSE CONTENTS” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”Introduction To Road Systems” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20px|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
- Location Survey in Rural and Urban Areas
- Urban Location Controls
- Highway Planning
- Roads in Hilly Areas
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- Highway Components
- Elements of a typical cross-section of road
- Types of cross-section; Highway location
- Classification of Highways
- Highway Materials
- Types & Characteristics
- Specifications & Tests
- Introduction to resilient behavior
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- Operating and design speeds
- Traffic flow parameters, their relationships and data collection methodologies
- Traffic Survey
- O & D Survey
- Traffic Safety
- At-grade and grade-separated intersections
- Traffic control devices
- Capacity analysis
- Traffic management
- Level of service and signal timing for an intersection
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- Design controls and criteria
- Sight distance requirements
- Horizontal curves
- Super elevation
- Transition curve
- Curve widening
- Grade line
- Vertical curves
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- Types of pavements
- Wheel loads
- Equivalent single axle load
- Repetition and impact factors
- Load distribution characteristics
- Design of flexible and rigid pavements
- Highway drainage
- Pavement failures
- Introduction to non-destructive testing
- Pavement evaluation
- Construction, Maintenance and rehabilitation
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- Design of flexible and rigid pavements suing software
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